Temporary binder



(No Model.)

N. EDSON. TEMPORARY BINDER.

No. 603,500. Patented May 3,1898.

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ATTORNEYS.

' UNITED I STATES PATENT QFFICE.

NATHAN EDSON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,500, dated May 3,1898.

Application filed July 14, 1 897.

T0 at whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NATHAN EDSON, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Temporary Binders, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has relation to temporary binders or holders for loosesheets, pamphlets, magazines, or the like, and has for its object toprovide certain improvements in the same whereby the sheets may beeasily secured in place or removed and the device he of simpleconstruction and of small cost to manufacture.

To these ends the invention consists of a binder having those featuresof construction and arrangement which are illustrated upon the drawingsand which I shall now describe in detail and point out in the claimshereto annexed.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 represents in perspective view one embodimentof my invention, the sheets being broken away. Fig.

i 2 represents in front elevation one end of the binder. Fig. 3represents the same in perspective view with the top plate swung back.

to permit the insertion or removal of a sheet. Fig. 4 represents infront elevation the binder somewhat modified. Fig. 5 shows inperspective another embodiment of the invention. Fig. 6 represents thesame with the top plate swung back. Figs. '7 and '8 show details ofconstruction.

Referring to the drawings, 13 indicates a bottom plate provided withupwardly-projecting pins 0 C, on which are strung the sheets a; 00,which have-been previously perforated for this purpose. This plate B isbent upwardly at its ends to form end walls D, and in Figs. 1 and 3 theedges of the plate and the end walls are curved or bent around a wire 9,which forms a pintle for the top plate A, the latter having its edgesalso bent or curved around it.

The front edges of the plate A are recessed to receive the ends of thepins 0 0, so that when the plate is in position, as shown in Fig. 1, theloose sheets are locked against removal. To prevent the locking-platefrom swinging back, I provide catches a, pivoted at Z) and having bentedges to take over the ends thereof.

Serial No. 644,492. (No model.)

To hold the sheets a: 00 against the bottom plate B, leaf-springs E arepivoted to the under side of the top plate A, and which when not neededare slipped under catches d d, which hold them flat against the said topplate.

The holder or binder may be rotatably secured in a cover y y if desired,as shown in Fig. 1, in which case a base-plate F, having end standardsG, is attached to the cover by tongues f f, passing through slotstherein or secured thereto in any suitable way, as by passing thetongues through cleats f secured to the cover.

Rivets or studs H are employed for journaling the holder in the endstandards G, and one of the studs H is preferably threaded'to receive amilled nut I, by means of which the holder may be held against rotationwhen desirable.

For binding some classes or sizes of sheets or pamphlets I may dispensewith the baseplate, in which the holder has been described as journaled,in which case it may be constructed as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. In theselast-mentioned figures the top or lockin g plate A is formed withdownwardly projecting ends D to overlap the upwardly-projecting ends ofthe bottom plate 13, the said ends being hinged together by the stud II,on the threaded end of one of which the milled nut I is screwed, and inthis case the milled nut I bears against the bent end of the top plateand holds it against movement except when it is drawn out of engagementtherewith. Thus the locking-plate may be locked or held either open orclosed by screwing the nut tight against it.

The plate 13 may be attached to a sheet of stiff cardboard or-otherbacking material by means of the lip f or else by tongues, as at ff,before described.

Sometimes it is desirable to pivot the ends D D of the top and bottomplates together by the same studs that are employed to journal theholder in the end standards G of the baseplate F, as shown in Fig. 4, soas to dispense with the use of the wire g, (shown in Fig. 1;) but in anyevent the top or locking plate which holds the leaves or sheets on thepins 0 G is hinged to the ends of the bottom plate.

' In lieu of forming the said top plate with recesses c o for the pins 0C it may be provided with sockets c to receive the ends thereof, asillustrated in Fig. 7.

It is evident from the foregoing description that my invention may beembodied in various forms and that the latter may be made in sizes andproportions for sheets or pamphlets ranging from small memorandum slipsto large sheets for account or record books.

Having thus explained the nature of the invention and described a way ofconstructing and using the same, though without attempting to set forthall of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes. of itsuse, I dcelare that What I claim is 1. A binder comprisinga base-platehaving standards at its ends and adapted to be secured in a cover, topand bottom plates pivoted together and also pivoted in the upturned endstandards of the base-plate, and means carried by said top and bottomplates for receiving and retaining loose sheets.

2. A binder comprising a base-plate having upturned ends, top and bottomplates pivoted together, pins projecting from the bottom plate toreceive loose sheets, and means for pivoting the top and bottom platesin the upturned ends of the base-plate.

3. A binder comprising a top plate and a bottom plate having overlappingends, a baseplate having upturned ends, and studs for pivoting the topand bottom plates together and also in the upturned ends of thebaseplate.

4. A binder comprising a top plate and a bottom plate having overlappingends, a baseplate having upturned ends, studs for pivoting the top andbottom plates together and also in the upturned ends of the base-plate,

and a nut threaded on one of the studs for holding the said partsagainst movement.

5. A binder comprising two elongated plates each having both ends bentat an angle so as to overlap the bent ends of the opposing plate, pivotspassed through said overlapping ends and arranged longitudinally of thesaid plates, a nut on one of said pivots to hold the plates againstmovement relatively to each other, and pins carried by one plate toreceive loose sheets, said sheets being retained thereon by' each other,and pins secured in one plate and adapted to slide in open-ended slotsextending from the edge of the opposing plates when the latter areparallel.

8. A binder comprising two elongated plates, each bent at its ends intoU form, so that the said ends of the said plates overlap, pivots passedthrough said ends longitudinally of said plates, a nut threaded on oneof said pivots to hold said plates stationary relatively to each other,pins carried by one plate for receiving loose sheets, and one or moretongues carried by one of the said plates for securing the binder in acover.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 8th day of I July, A. D.1897.

NATHAN EDSON. Witnesses:

THEODORE M. CLARK, ALICE EDsoN.

